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Judith Durham Biography

Judith Durham (Judith Mavis Cock) was born on 3rd July 1943 in Essendon, Victoria, Australia. She is an Australian singer and was the lead singer for the Australian popular folk music group ‘The Seekers’. On 1st July 2015, she was named Victorian of the Year for her services to music and a range of charities.

His parents are William Alexander Cock DFC, a navigator and World War II pathfinder and Hazel (née Durham). She lived on Mount Alexander Road Essendon and attended Essendon Primary School.Durham lived in Taroona, a suburb of Hobart, Tasmania, from early 1950 where she attended the Fahan School before moving back to Melbourne in 1956. In Melbourne, she was educated at Ruyton Girls’ School and then enrolled at RMIT.

Judith Durham Age

Judith Durham was born on 3rd July 1943.

Judith Durham Husband

Judith Durham married Ron Edgeworth, musical director, British pianist, on 21st November 1969. Edgeworth was diagnosed with motor neurone disease. He died on 10 December 1994 with Durham by his side.

Judith Durham Children – Judith Durham Daughter

Judith Durham and Ron planned not to have children. Their love for each other and the music that was woven into every part of their lives fulfilled them completely.

Is Judith Durham Still Alive

Judith Durham has been active from 1962 to date.

Judith Durham Career

Judith Durham gained the qualification of Associate in Music, Australia (AMusA), in classical piano at the University of Melbourne Conservatorium. At the age of 18 she asked Nicholas Ribush, leader of the Melbourne University Jazz Band, at the Memphis Jazz Club in Malvern, whether she could sing with the band. In 1963, she began performing at the same club with Frank Traynor’s Jazz Preachers, using her mother’s maiden name of Durham. In that year she also recorded her first EP, Judy Durham with Frank Traynor’s Jazz Preachers, for W&G Records.

Judith Durham The Seekers

Judith Durham met Athol Guy while working as a secretary at the J. Walter Thompson advertising agency, account executive, who was in a folk group called The Seekers which sang on Monday nights at a coffee lounge called the Treble Clef on Toorak Road Toorak, asked Durham to join him and The Seekers.

In 1963 she joined ‘The Seekers’ which consisted of Athol Guy, Bruce Woodley and Keith Potger. Keith Potger was an ABC radio producer.They recorded a demo tape and was given to W&G Records, which wanted another sample of Durham’s voice before agreeing to record a Jazz Preachers’ album. W&G instead signed The Seekers for an album, Introducing The Seekers, in 1963. Durham, however, recorded two other songs with the Jazz Preachers, “Muddy Water” (which appeared on their album Jazz From the Pulpit) and “Trombone Frankie” (an adapted version of Bessie Smith’s “Trombone Cholly”).

In the early 1964 they sailed to the United Kingdom a on the S.S. Fairsky where they provided musical entertainment. They had planned to stay for ten weeks but through the Grade Agency they received a lot of bookings. they had sent the agency a copy of their first album.

In December 1964 they released “I’ll Never Find Another You” composed and produced by Tom Springfield. In February 1965, the song reached number one in the UK and Australia, while their 1966 recording of Springfield and Jim Dale’s “Georgy Girl” (from the film of the same name) reached number two (Billboard chart) and number one (Cashbox chart) in the United States.

In 1967, The Seekers set an official all-time record when more than 200,000 people (nearly one tenth of the city’s entire population at that time) flocked to their performance at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl in Melbourne. Their TV special The Seekers Down Under scored the biggest TV audience ever (with a 67 rating), and early in 1968 they were all awarded the nation’s top honour as “Australians of the Year 1967”.In July 1968 Judith Durham left the group. In 2006, The Seekers were awarded the “Key to the City” of Melbourne by Lord Mayor John So.

Judith Durham Solo Career

In September 1968 Judith Durham first solo television special, ‘An Evening with Judith Durham’ screened on the Nine Network.In 1970 she made the television special, Meet Judith Durham, in London, ending with her rendition of “When You Come to the End of a Perfect Day” by Carrie Jacobs-Bond (1862–1946).

In the 1970s Judith Durham returned to traditional jazz and recorded Judith Durham and The Hottest Band in Town and Judith Durham and The Hottest Band in Town Volume 2 and in 1978, The Hot Jazz Duo. Durham performed at The Newport Jazz Festival in 1978, receiving a standing ovation in front of a crowd of 3,000. She then moved to Queensland and focused on her songwriting.

In 1994 Judith Durham released an album ‘Let Me Find Love’ which peaked at number 8 in Australia.In 1996, she released a covers album, ‘Mona Lis.as’

In 2001, Judith Durham did another Australian tour and in 2003 she toured the UK to celebrate her 60th birthday. Her birthday concert at the Royal Festival Hall in London was filmed and released on DVD in late 2004. The album was released on CD and download in 2014, titled Live in London.

In 2006, Judith Durham started modernizing the music and phrases in the Australian National Anthem, “Advance Australia Fair”. She first performed it in May 2009 at Federation Hall, St Kilda Road.It was released on CD single. On 13 February 2009, Durham made a surprise return to the Myer Music Bowl when she performed the closing number at the RocKwiz Salutes the Bowl – Sidney Myer Music Bowl 50th Anniversary with “The Carnival is Over”. On 23 May 2009, Durham performed a one-hour a cappella concert in Melbourne as a launch for her album Up Close and Personal.

In May 2013, during The Seekers’ Golden Jubilee tour, Durham suffered a stroke which diminished her ability to read and write – both visual language and musical scores. During her convalescence she made progress to rebuild those skills. Her singing ability was not affected by the stroke.

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Judith Durham Net Worth

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Judith Durham News

Judith Durham celebrates her 75th birthday by releasing a new album

7th July, 2018

Judith Durham is one of Australia’s greatest treasures, conquering the globe as lead singer of The Seekers.

The group had six top 10 hits during 1965 and 1966 and became the first Australian band to make it to number one on the US and UK charts.

Georgy Girl, I’ll Never Find Another You, The Carnival Is Over and I Am Australian made The Seekers and its members household names.

Judith went on to have a successful solo career, recording more than a dozen albums over 50 years.

Now, on her 75th birthday, Judith is celebrating by releasing another.

So Much More is a collection of 14 previously unreleased songs that she holds dear to her heart.

Judith joins Michael McLaren on her birthday saying she even shocks herself with how long her career has lasted.

But, she says this album won’t be going on the road.

“I won’t be on the stage. No, I’m telling everyone I’m singing for them virtually now.

“I don’t think I’ll be touring again.”

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